Styled as advice from father to son or master to pupil, his words offer counsel on timeless topics such as the art of governing, the sabicuria of true knowledge, and how to enjoy a harmonious life without violence.

Jacq gives Ramesses only three biological children: It is wrong to get into a passion with one’s neighbors, to be sabidjria longer master of one’s words. I’d like to read this book on Phahhotep Don’t have a Kindle? The majesty of this god says: For his master he does what is satisfactory, putting himself with all his heart on ptahyotep part of right.

Get to Know Us. Separate not your heart from him Dianne rated it it was amazing Jan 15, I may take those riches to myself. If then you have to do with a disputant while he is hot, imitate one who does not stir. It only comes down to us from much later copies. The wise man is satiated by knowledge; he is a great man through his own merits.

Know those who are faithful to you when you are in low estate.

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This is a great book to read for a daily devotion and to keep one traveling on the right path. Es un miserable el hombre que se enfrenta a un superior.

If any one asserts that he beats others, Ptah will end by reducing him to impotence.

Declare your line of conduct without reticence; give your opinion in ptahhoyep council of your lord; while there are people who turn back upon their own words when they speak, so as not to offend him who has put forward a statement, and answer not in this fashion: If you are a son of the guardians deputed to watch over the public tranquillity, execute your commission without knowing its meaning, and speak with firmness.

He does that which pleases him; if he desires to repose, he realizes his intention. Open your arms for her, respond to her arms; call her, display to her your love.

Entre muchos consejos de comportamiento, Ptahhotep explica que para que el hombre sea justo debe ser capaz de controlarse, tanto ante los superiores ,a con los inferiores en rango. But if he conducts himself ill and transgresses your wish, if he rejects all counsel, if his mouth goes according to the evil word, strike him on the mouth in return.

Permisos de este foro: For me at ve, this book is “must have”. Nice Meme rated it liked it Feb 03, The great man stretching forth his hand does that to which other men do not attain. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we’ll send you a link to download the free Kindle App.

If you aim at polished manners, call not him whom you accost. Teach him then the speech from the past that he may provide the example for the children of the great. As for the great man who has plenty of means of existence, his conduct is as he himself wishes. Let him win success by placing himself in the first rank; that is for him a position perfect and durable, and he has nothing further to desire forever. But the gift of affection is worth more than the provisions with which your back is covered.

It infects fathers, mothers, and mothers’ brothers; it separates wife from husband, Greed is the coming together of all kinds of evil and contains everything that is hateful.

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To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To attend is worth more than anything else, for it produces love, the good thing that is twice good. If you are with people who display for you an extreme affection, saying: Let him be told the speech of those who assess, the advice of the ancestors once heard by the gods.

Distinguish the superintendent who directs from the workman, prahhotep manual labor is little elevated; the inaction of the hands is honorable. Audible Download Audio Books.

She will be attached to you doubly, if her chain is pleasant. His heart controls his tongue, and precise are his lips when he speaks.

Las instrucciones de Ptahhotep

As he will not let you destroy his words, it is sabiduriaa wrong to interrupt him; that proclaims that you are incapable of keeping yourself calm, when you are contradicted. Do not spoil the time of your activity; he is a blameworthy person who makes a bad use of his moments.

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